Dead pixel or not? - LG V30S Questions & Answers

I have noticed a small black notch area to the left of the earpiece speaker, normally hidden within the black background that is the clock, signal strength, etc., and not sure since if dead pixels. When I get notifications and get a lighter (such as white) background replacing it, I notice a thin maybe 9 pixels long by 3 pixels high trapezoid shape. I have never seen so many dead pixels in a single specific area and shape. Has anyone else noticed that when they drag their notification down with a lighter background that this shape appears on their screen? If not part of the sensor array I am definitely asking LG to fix (less than a month old) for dead pixels. I would hate to have "stuck" pixels on a phone that is only a month old.

yup, those are dead pixels.

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Screen Damage?

Hi, I received a new Fuze from AT&T two days ago and I have noticed a small, subtle, yellowish dot on the upper left hand corner of the screen. It is barely noticeable unless I am in an app with a white or grey background. I don't particularly mind this blemish, I am just wondering if any of you guys think it can/will worsen? Should i send it back to AT&T now? Should i wait and see if it gets worse at all? Or should I just leave it to luck and deal with it the way it is, it doesn't really effect the phones performance or display that much at all. All opinions welcome, thanks.
it's called a stuck / dead pixel
1 pixel == 3 sub pixels 1 red 1 green 1 blue as in rgb
each one can die in 2 ways
on stuck or off stuck
most lcd panels really got some pixel errors if one really check up on it
there are programs which can excise pixels and temp make stuck pixels work again but
sooner or later they get stuck again if one can live with it depend on how anal one is about noticing such things
It doesn't appear to be one pixel, it almost looks like its an image of the sun. Brighter in the middle and fades out at the edges, in the shape of a circle. I'd put it at about .25 inches in diameter. As long as it doesn't get worse I really don't care.
I have got 5 "suns" on my Touch PRO and one green pixel I can see it well on black picture.
Yes it is not so nice but phone is going well with it so i don't do anything with it
But when you have got a new phone, i will send it back
Hm, well as long as no one sees the problem getting worse I really don't mind at all.
I don't think it would be worth the hassle with AT&T over something so minuscule.

[POLL]Screen Issues One X

I am creating this poll to see what screen problems people have with the one x.
Options are:
Color banding
Dead Pixels
Dust Under Screen
Light Bleed
Yellow Tinge
Multiple issues
Also Please Say what color One X you have
I have color banding and Light Bleed on a White one x.
too bright in general lol
Gray ATT version. I have banding and one very small dust spec just on the edge of the screen on the bottom right corner.
voluptuary said:
Gray ATT version. I have banding and one very small dust spec just on the edge of the screen on the bottom right corner.
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Oh god, dust and dead pixels are my ocd's worst nightmares. I get so depressed when I see them Color Banding will soon be joining them too
You should add a no issue selection.
how?
Wheres the "no problems" option?
Mine has very minor light bleed, but thats it. Its only noticeable if I'm looking at a pitch black screen in a dark room.. so its pretty much no problem
Only issue I'm having is that the screen is too bright for the auto brightness.
Other than that it's perfect
No issues. But there's no option for that in the poll.
Gradient banding and light bleed (bottom right corner).
I have a yellow screen. But for me, I am getting intermittent screen flickering, specifically in Chrome and Messages.
Furthermore, I already have tons of micro scratches on my screen. Have no idea how they got there. Glad I picked up a screen protector for $3 on amazon and Ordered a Seidio Active Case also. Don;t want this beautiful screen to get a jacked up.
No issues here either.
No problem at all here! Gray one X.
Maroon Mushroom said:
Only issue I'm having is that the screen is too bright for the auto brightness.
Other than that it's perfect
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You could try Juice defender. It has an option to change the auto brightness, both the maximum light, and the average light (and minimum)
Only thing I miss there is an option to disable it while charging or in the car.
My only issue is banding. For those who DON'T have banding, I would appreciate if you'd check out my thread on the issue, especially if you're able to post a photo of your phone's screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646446
Thanks!
no issues for me either .
banding sometimes but minor , and isnt that software related anyways?
aimetti said:
banding sometimes but minor , and isnt that software related anyways?
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I don't think so. Take a screenshot when you see banding, then look at the screenshot on your computer or on another phone. When I tried that, I saw less banding on the computer and on my old Captivate than on my One X, viewing the exact same image.
I have banding, but it seems more like a software bit-depth issue than a physical problem with the screen.
KitF said:
I have banding, but it seems more like a software bit-depth issue than a physical problem with the screen.
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Guys, I wish it were this simple, but it doesn't appear to be. I can use Paint.NET to make a gradient, and view that same image file on many screens, and my One X shows more banding than the others. It still doesn't look as bad as the One X's app-uninstall screen, which is likely because my gradient is linear and theirs isn't, and so on top of there being bands, they're also unevenly spaced! But there's no denying that the bands are there (at least on mine), and they're more apparent than on the other displays I have access to (another phone, a laptop, and a TV).
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Guys, I wish it were this simple, but it doesn't appear to be. I can use Paint.NET to make a gradient, and view that same image file on many screens, and my One X shows more banding than the others. It still doesn't look as bad as the One X's app-uninstall screen, which is likely because my gradient is linear and theirs isn't, and so on top of there being bands, they're also unevenly spaced! But there's no denying that the bands are there (at least on mine), and they're more apparent than on the other displays I have access to (another phone, a laptop, and a TV).
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I meant a driver-level firmware issue. When I had the Nook Color, there was a kernel that enabled lower bit-depth to speed up the boot, but it introduced banding like this. There was another kernel that could show full 24-bit color and had no banding.
So just loading an image onto the phone isn't proving that is a hardware issue. This just makes my argument stronger with the uneven banding being related to bit-depth and not hardware.
I have no screen issues! @TinyBoss I saw your other post and I have to say your banding does look bad. I was leaning toward software until I compared mine to yours and I'm thinking you have a bad display...

red/yellow tint Uniformity DISPLAYGATE *BE WARNED*

Its still there right out of the box. $800+ for a gorgeous Midnight black T-Mobile Galaxy S8. I swipe down the notification shade to mess with settings and I can't help, but notice the subtle, but very existent, yellowish tint on the top right 1/3rd of my display compared to the slightly reddish bottom 2/3rds.
The white background on the notification is not all white. Any solid color white or grey background and you can notice that there is a yellowish and pinkish hue in certain areas of the display. This is extremely distracting and almost nauseating when reading an article and as you read the white background starts shifting color from yellowish white to a pinkish white.
We had same issues with GS6 and GS7. PANEL LOTTERY! I had to exchange my S7 about 4-5 times in order to get a unit without Screen defects. its 2017 and the S8 has the same damn issue that we've been reporting to Samsung, they don't care because some average consumers don't notice it or assume thats just how the phone is. Well I don't take lightly to defects and anomalies when I'm paying this much. Its very annoying that this SUPER AMOLED display attached to a near $1k price tag lacks the quality assurance it should have. it can't even display a full even white or grey screen.
Time to exchange and make a youtube video about it I suppose. I'll post pictures when I get home from work.
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Its still there right out of the box. $800+ for a gorgeous Midnight black T-Mobile Galaxy S8. I swipe down the notification shade to mess with settings and I can't help, but notice the subtle, but very existent, yellowish tint on the top right 1/3rd of my display compared to the slightly reddish bottom 2/3rds.
The white background on the notification is not all white. Any solid color white or grey background and you can notice that there is a yellowish and pinkish hue in certain areas of the display. This is extremely distracting and almost nauseating when reading an article and as you read the white background starts shifting color from yellowish white to a pinkish white.
We had same issues with GS6 and GS7. PANEL LOTTERY! I had to exchange my S7 about 4-5 times in order to get a unit without Screen defects. its 2017 and the S8 has the same damn issue that we've been reporting to Samsung, they don't care because some average consumers don't notice it or assume thats just how the phone is. Well I don't take lightly to defects and anomalies when I'm paying this much. Its very annoying that this SUPER AMOLED display attached to a near $1k price tag lacks the quality assurance it should have. it can't even display a full even white or grey screen.
Time to exchange and make a youtube video about it I suppose. I'll post pictures when I get home from work.
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As frustrating as it is its still a very new device to the market all different manufacturers be it a mobile device or something else the first run will always have a 50/50 chance of issues its bound to happen. By no means am I be littling your post all im saying is things as annoying as this is bound to happen. I read somewhere that Samsung will be possibly issuing a software fix for this display issues but I cannot confirm for sure. Today is the official release of the device I did hear that stores are not issuing replacements just yet.
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Samsung offers software update to fix red display issue
http://www.zdnet.com/video/samsung-offers-software-update-to-fix-red-display-issue/
This isn't a software issue trust me. It is a fault in the production of the OLED panels. This has been going on for nearly 3 years! They just don't care.
yes and the forthcoming software update fix ,the red color will be on zero exactly like if you do it yourself in the menu.
If the screen is uniformly red then it can be masked with a green filter applied to the entire screen. There are 3rd party apps that can do this such as ScreenEqualizer.
Non-uniformity is a different issue altogether and can't be fixed or masked. I have it on both my S6E and my S8. The S6 release dubbed the issue "pink-gate" and it attracted much more attention but ultimately nothing was done about it.
I thought that after the Note 7 flop they won't risk anything like this but i can confirm that my mighty black S8+ has this defect too. Frustrating because i was unlucky with the S4 and S5 although the replaced the screen for a great on each device and after several unsuccessfull attempt but last year the S7E was absolutely flawless so i was optimistic for the S8, especially regarding the note 7, that is MUST be a flafless, highest quality product but it failed miserably.
I had these issues on my S6, N5, and N7. You cant correct a screen if the color issue is not uniform. I had to return every single phone multiple times to get an acceptable screen.
What i find is weird is, my Pixel Xl was absolutly perfect, and im pretty sure they source their screens from samsung.
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Pink tint/hue

I am wondering how are your units in regards to famous AMOLED pink shift?
Mine seems to be a bit more pink on the side making whites and darks looking uneven.
Looked at display units around shops and all units had it to some degree, also YouTube videos shows a pinkish screen nature.
How is your one?
To me pink shift implies that it turns pink when tilting the phone or viewing off angles. I don't have any problems with that however the regular OLED color uniformity is an issue on my device. Nearly ever OLED phone I've had has had some issue with this and I think some people are just more sensitive to it than others explaining why it's a non issue for most people and a huge issue for others. My Pixel 2 has a pink tink at the top 20% of the display which is minor and think most would either not notice or find acceptable. It bothers me a bit but it could be worse and I'm not sure I want to go through the trouble of RMAing the device until I get something better (OG Pixel took 3 tries and then I gave up and accepted the problem, but then my 3rd OG bricked itself and they sent me a 4th with a nearly perfect display yay!). Pink on the side or diagonally across the display is the worst I think as it's really noticeable when reading text on a white or grey background. At the top is the best case scenario for me as it's only really annoying when reading content in landscape orientation.
I spoke with a Google Tech at length today regarding the different color tints on our devices (mine is blue) and he assured me that the tinting was intended with the new screens. On a side note I notice while out in the sun when it's hard to see my screen, if I tilt slightly my device, the Blue tint actually helps me to see my screen better. Not sure if that was intended or not.....

Screen uniformity worth a replacement?

I got my 7 pro 2 days ago and noticed it has a few screen uniformity issues. The left corners are the brightest and there's a darker area in the lower middle part of the screen when tested using 1% gray test( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5PCCEZ1KgY&t=214s ) on 0% brightness in a pitch black room. If I bump the brightness to 60-70% the gamma seems to go up a lot making the brighter parts more obvious relative to the darker ones. My best camera around here is the mate 20 lite's so can't take any useful photos .
I know 1% gray is really agressive and most phones show only black when set to it but seeing that no one complains about it makes me think I got a bad panel. Would it be worth a replacement? I'm afraid I might get a refurbished one with scratches and whatnot. How are your 7 pro's in regards to uniformity?
my 7 pro also got uniformity issue.. The top portion is showing faded color than the bottom portion.
such screen issues are common with OLEDs, especially under certain circumstances like the one you descriped
I wouldn't bother with a replacement, you could get a slightly better or a slighty worse screen, it's like a lottery
Yeah, it's normal.
The quality of the displays given to OnePlus are not the same quality that they put in their own phones, so chances are the replacement will be similar or worse.
Samsung and Apple phones are usually perfect though.

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